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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. EMERY, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.V

- METHOD OF ADJUSTING STUFF IN PLANING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To @ZZ whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. EMERY, of the city and county of Albany, in the State of New York, have invented a. new and useful lVIet-hod of Adjust-ing Stuff in a Planing-Machine for the Purpose of Pro-' ducing Uniformity of Size and Shape, with Ease, Rapidity, and Accuracy; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichf Figure l an end view and Fig. 2 a side view, like letters of reference on each figure referring t0`like parts.

A is a bed plate of iron or material. n

B B B B are teeth projecting .from it between which the pieces to be planed are made fast by means of the wedges C, C, C, C. These teeth are carefully adjusted to the required angle so that the pieces D, D,

any' suitable &c., on being forced against the faces E, E, E, E, by the wedges must assume a proper and uniform position one side of the pieces having been previously planed if necessary.

F is a stop or rest which regulates the width or depth of the pieces. These teeth 12,438, dated February 27, 1855.v

several sides may be successively' planed itv desired. The teeth may be at right, as well as oblique angles to the bed plate. p

Having thus described my invention what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States isl. The Abed plate A of iron or other isuitable material provided with teeth projecting vfrom it and adjusted at suitable angles to* gether with the wedges or their equivalentconstructed substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. I claim the bed plate and wedges substantially as described in combination with any suitable planing machine.

WM. B. EMERY.

Witnesses:

JAMES B. SANDERS,

NA. N. DE WITT, 

